Workwhistle - Latest Blog Entries http://www.workwhistle.com/blog en-us Rising Number Of Home-Based Agents Servicing Corporate Clients <p>Business Travel News - New York,NY,USA<br />BCD's Miller said, &quot;Right now, there is some upfront cost to set up a work at home agent and those costs are declining all the time,making it more and more ...<br />&lt;http://www.btnmag.com/businesstravelnews/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003841575&gt;</p> Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:02:00 -0500 http://www.workwhistle.com/blog/entry/36139/rising-number-of-homebased-agents-servicing-corporate-clients /blog/entry/36139/rising-number-of-homebased-agents-servicing-corporate-clients Do Home Employment Schemes Really Work? <p>FinancialAdvice.co.uk - London,UK<br />The last couple of years have seen a massive increase in the number of work at home offers, from stuffing envelopes to completing surveys and everything in ...<br />&lt;http://financialadvice.co.uk/news/3/householdbills/7664/Do-Home-Employment-Schemes-Really-Work.html&gt;</p> Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:55:00 -0500 http://www.workwhistle.com/blog/entry/36137/do-home-employment-schemes-really-work /blog/entry/36137/do-home-employment-schemes-really-work New work-at-home jobs coming to Texarkana <p>KSLA-TV - Shreveport,LA,USA<br />She wishes she had a job that would allow her to work at home and save babysitting costs. An announcement by the Texarkana Chamber of Commerce Thursday may ...<br />&lt;http://www.ksla.com/Global/story.asp?S=8881642&amp;nav=0RY5&gt;</p> Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:59:00 -0500 http://www.workwhistle.com/blog/entry/36138/new-workathome-jobs-coming-to-texarkana /blog/entry/36138/new-workathome-jobs-coming-to-texarkana New place to work <p>WatertownDailyTimes.com - NY, United States<br />&quot;You wonder about work at home, if it's too good to be true, and I went into it a little leery,&quot; she said, voicing what tends to be a common worry among new ...<br />&lt;http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20080824/NEWS03/29915/N.E.W.+PLACE+TO+WORK&gt;</p> Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:53:00 -0500 http://www.workwhistle.com/blog/entry/36136/new-place-to-work /blog/entry/36136/new-place-to-work Working From Home Versus Office <p>Gather.com - Boston,MA,USA<br />With fuel prices being what they are many companies across the US are helping there workers by allowing them to work from home versus coming into the office ...<br />&lt;http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977424873&gt;</p> Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:25:00 -0500 http://www.workwhistle.com/blog/entry/35688/working-from-home-versus-office /blog/entry/35688/working-from-home-versus-office Teleworking: is home the 21st century office? <p>Computerworld New Zealand - Auckland,New Zealand<br />...which operates outsourced contact centres, and has modelled its practices on its US counterpart, where more than 112000 agents work from home. ...<br />&lt;http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/netw/4B08E090F60C311DCC2574A90017E19F&gt;</p> Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:23:00 -0500 http://www.workwhistle.com/blog/entry/35687/teleworking-is-home-the-21st-century-office /blog/entry/35687/teleworking-is-home-the-21st-century-office Working From Home Can Rake In Big Bucks <p>CBS 4 - Miami,FL,USA<br />Virtual assistant's or VA's as they're known are independentcontractors who work from home and offer clerical support,administrative help, ...<br />&lt;http://cbs4.com/consumer/economy.job.home.2.792216.html&gt;</p> Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:16:00 -0500 http://www.workwhistle.com/blog/entry/35013/working-from-home-can-rake-in-big-bucks /blog/entry/35013/working-from-home-can-rake-in-big-bucks The pros and cons of homeworking <p>Times Online - UK<br />In part, this is the continuation of a trend that has seen more people work from home for lifestyle reasons. On some estimates, thenumber of people working ...<br />&lt;http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/columnists/article4510647.ece&gt;</p> Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:14:00 -0500 http://www.workwhistle.com/blog/entry/35012/the-pros-and-cons-of-homeworking /blog/entry/35012/the-pros-and-cons-of-homeworking To telecommute or not to telecommute? <p>NetworkWorld.com - Southborough,MA,USA<br />They think that companies that let their employees work from home will be more successful than companies that don't because theybelieve that working...<br />&lt;http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/081108-to-telecommute-or-not-to.html&gt;</p> Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:12:00 -0500 http://www.workwhistle.com/blog/entry/35011/to-telecommute-or-not-to-telecommute /blog/entry/35011/to-telecommute-or-not-to-telecommute Work & Family Mailbox <p>Wall Street Journal - USA<br />All the work-at-home pitches I've found on the Web in the past had a price tag attached. Isn't it true that if a Web site asks for money up front...<br />&lt;http://online.wsj.com/public/article/0,,SB121737646978495131,00.html?mod=todays_free_feature&gt;</p><p>&#160;</p> Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:04:00 -0500 http://www.workwhistle.com/blog/entry/33869/work-family-mailbox /blog/entry/33869/work-family-mailbox Putting Home to Work <p>Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA<br />As computers and other technological tools became more sophisticated, corporate executives also started looking for ways to work from home...<br />&lt;http://www.philly.com/philly/home/CTW_realestate_20080729_Putting_Home_to_Work.html&gt;</p><p>&#160;</p> Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:00:00 -0500 http://www.workwhistle.com/blog/entry/33868/putting-home-to-work /blog/entry/33868/putting-home-to-work What are the pros and cons of flex time? <p><em>What are the pros and cons of flex time?</em><br />Financial Post - Toronto,Ontario,Canada<br />&quot;Allowing employees to work from home one day a week, for example, means they can avoid fighting traffic or it gives them the ability to deal with personal ...<br />&lt;http://www.financialpost.com/small_business/businesssolutions/story.html?id=645783&gt;</p><p>---------------------------<br /><a href="http://www.workwhistle.com/" id="ygpf5">http://www.workwhistle.com</a> - the work at home jobs network<br /> For more information email: <a href="mailto:home@workwhistle.com" id="y..w1">home@workwhistle.com</a></p> Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:51:00 -0500 http://www.workwhistle.com/blog/entry/32342/what-are-the-pros-and-cons-of-flex-time /blog/entry/32342/what-are-the-pros-and-cons-of-flex-time Short commute has more women working in Milwaukee <p><em>Short commute has more women working in Milwaukee</em><br />WCCO - Minneapolis,MN,USA<br />Companies...are offering flexible options for working moms, such as shortened work weeks and the ability to work from home. ...<br />&lt;http://wcco.com/wisconsinwire/22.0.html?type=local&amp;state=WI&amp;category=n&amp;filename=WI--CommutingMoms.xml&gt;</p><p>---------------------------<br /><a href="http://www.workwhistle.com/" id="ygpf5">http://www.workwhistle.com</a> - the work at home jobs network<br />For more information email: <a href="mailto:home@workwhistle.com" id="y..w1">home@workwhistle.com</a></p> Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:48:00 -0500 http://www.workwhistle.com/blog/entry/31880/short-commute-has-more-women-working-in-milwaukee /blog/entry/31880/short-commute-has-more-women-working-in-milwaukee Surburia's not dead yet <p><em>Surburia's not dead yet</em><br />Los Angeles Times,&#160;CA&#160;<br />By 2006, the expansion of home-based workers had grown twice as quickly as in the previous decade. And by 2015, according to demographer Wendell Cox, <strong>...</strong></p><p>http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-op-kotkin6-2008jul06,0,1038461.story</p><p><br />---------------------------<br /><a href="http://www.workwhistle.com/" id="ygpf5">http://www.workwhistle.com</a> - the work at home jobs network<br />For more information email: <a href="mailto:home@workwhistle.com" id="y..w1">home@workwhistle.com</a></p> Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:42:00 -0500 http://www.workwhistle.com/blog/entry/31879/surburias-not-dead-yet /blog/entry/31879/surburias-not-dead-yet How to Start a Virtual Assistant Business <p><em>How to Start a Virtual Assistant Business</em><br />MSNBC - USA<br />TheToday Show also featured the profession as a new way to work from home. The Wall Street Journal, US News &amp; World Report and numerous other publications have ...<br />&lt;http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25530727/&gt;</p><p>---------------------------</p><p id="ygpf4"><a href="http://www.workwhistle.com/" id="ygpf5">http://www.workwhistle.com</a> - the work at home jobs network</p><p id="y..w0">For more information email: <a href="mailto:home@workwhistle.com" id="y..w1">home@workwhistle.com</a></p> Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:30:00 -0500 http://www.workwhistle.com/blog/entry/31397/how-to-start-a-virtual-assistant-business /blog/entry/31397/how-to-start-a-virtual-assistant-business Let's use 'telework' to grease economy <p><em>Let's use 'telework' to grease economy</em><br />Baltimore Sun - United States<br />Towson-based toolmaker Black &amp; Decker is developing what it calls a WAH policy - work at home - for a September rollout. &quot;In those cases where the manager ...<br />&lt;http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-bz.hancock04jul04,0,7867799.column&gt;</p><p>---------------------------</p><p id="ygpf4"><a href="http://www.workwhistle.com/" id="ygpf5">http://www.workwhistle.com</a> - the work at home jobs network</p><p id="y..w0">For more information email: <a href="mailto:home@workwhistle.com" id="y..w1">home@workwhistle.com</a></p> Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:26:00 -0500 http://www.workwhistle.com/blog/entry/31396/lets-use-telework-to-grease-economy /blog/entry/31396/lets-use-telework-to-grease-economy Sun shines on green teleworking <p><em>Sun shines on green teleworking</em><br />VNUNet.com - UK<br />More than half of its workforce regularly work from home or in one of the company's flexible offices. The vendor operates a system known as 'hoteling', ...<br />&lt;http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2220791/teleworking-good-environment-sun&gt;</p><p>&#160;</p><p>---------------------------</p><p id="ygpf4"><a href="http://www.workwhistle.com/" id="ygpf5">http://www.workwhistle.com</a> - the work at home jobs network</p><p id="y..w0">For more information email: <a href="mailto:home@workwhistle.com" id="y..w1">home@workwhistle.com</a></p> Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:33:00 -0500 http://www.workwhistle.com/blog/entry/31398/sun-shines-on-green-teleworking /blog/entry/31398/sun-shines-on-green-teleworking Balancing Work And Life and Home <p>Balancing Work And Life<br />Forbes - NY,USA<br />Ramp up and ramp down careers, or time for one parent to choose to be closer to home, remain at home full time or work from home on a limited basis. ...<br />&lt;http://www.forbes.com/leadership/2008/06/04/jobs-home-balance-lead-careers-cx_hj_0604worklife_intro.html&gt;</p><p>---------------------------</p><p id="ygpf4"><a href="http://www.workwhistle.com/" id="ygpf5">http://www.workwhistle.com</a> - the work at home jobs network</p><p id="y..w0">For more information email: <a href="mailto:home@workwhistle.com" id="y..w1">home@workwhistle.com</a></p> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:01:00 -0500 http://www.workwhistle.com/blog/entry/28699/balancing-work-and-life-and-home /blog/entry/28699/balancing-work-and-life-and-home Telework Bill Cleared by the House <p>Telework Bill Cleared by the House<br />Washington Post - United States<br />Under the bill, federal agencies would be required to create and implement policies to enable eligible employees to work from home or away from their...<br />&lt;http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/03/AR2008060303454.html?hpid=sec-business&gt;</p><p>---------------------------</p><p id="ygpf4"><a href="http://www.workwhistle.com/" id="ygpf5">http://www.workwhistle.com</a> - the work at home jobs network</p><p id="y..w0">For more information email: <a href="mailto:home@workwhistle.com" id="y..w1">home@workwhistle.com</a></p> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:07:00 -0500 http://www.workwhistle.com/blog/entry/28702/telework-bill-cleared-by-the-house /blog/entry/28702/telework-bill-cleared-by-the-house Two thirds of bosses turn down work-from-home requests <p><em>Two thirds of bosses turn down work-from-home requests</em><br />InTheNews.co.uk - London,UK<br />The work-at-home revolution has not happened yet, but is on itsway, according to a survey of employers. A survey of UK employers from the Chartered ...<br />&lt;http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/buisness/two-thirds-bosses-turn-down-work-from-home-requests-$1224388.htm&gt;</p><p>---------------------------</p><p id="ygpf4"><a href="http://www.workwhistle.com/" id="ygpf5">http://www.workwhistle.com</a> - the work at home jobs network</p><p id="y..w0">For more information email: <a href="mailto:home@workwhistle.com" id="y..w1">home@workwhistle.com</a></p> Mon, 26 May 2008 15:17:00 -0500 http://www.workwhistle.com/blog/entry/27698/two-thirds-of-bosses-turn-down-workfromhome-requests /blog/entry/27698/two-thirds-of-bosses-turn-down-workfromhome-requests